Murchison Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:MUR, OTCQB:MURMF) has announced that it will suspend current exploration activities at its HPM nickel-copper-cobalt project in Quebec in order to engage in negotiations with the Innu Government of the Innu First Nation of Uashat mak Mani-utenam.
The exploration company said it is confident that a mutually beneficial solution is possible and looks forward to discussions.
Murchison noted the HPM project, which hosts the high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt Barre de Fer (BDF) Zone, is only at the early stages of exploration, although non-invasive prospecting and geophysics, along with minimally invasive diamond drilling, have demonstrated its “strong” exploration potential.
It added that during the company's 2022 summer exploration program, diamond drilling at the BDF Zone intersected nickel-bearing sulphide mineralization, which included 121.2 metres (m) of 1.02% nickel, 0.56% copper, and 0.07% cobalt.
The BDF Zone has a current strike length of 370m, width of 200m and mineralization down to a depth of 475m, Murchison stated.
As well, the company said it has further identified the BDF Trend, a five-kilometre long trend containing numerous showings of nickel-bearing sulphide mineralization at or near surface.
Murchison added that during the winter of 2023, it undertook a wide-ranging data analysis that further identified 34 high-priority targets for follow-up prospecting.
Murchison Minerals is a Canada‐based exploration company focused on nickel-copper-cobalt exploration at the 100%-owned HPM project in Quebec and the exploration and development of the 100%-owned Brabant Lake zinc‐copper‐silver project in north‐central Saskatchewan.
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